James Corden and Reggie Watts made their own version of Kanye West and Lil Pump’s “I Love It” to promote The Late Late Show. The original video, which has amassed nearly 70 million views in less than a week, features Kanye West and Lil Pump looking silly in boxy outfits …
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It has been a year since Hurricane Maria wiped out Puerto Rico. If you drop onto the island for a visit, the recovery looks almost complete. The San Juan airport is crowded, the cruise ships are docking on schedule, and the piña coladas are flowing in Old San Juan. The …
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John Prine became only the second artist to receive the BMI Troubadour Award during an intimate dinner and ceremony Monday night at the music-rights management company’s headquarters in Nashville. An unofficial kickoff to AmericanaFest week, the event assembled some of the leading figures in the genre who count the folksinger-songwriter …
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Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson were huge fans of each other, even playing a show together and teaming up for a series of PSAs in the 1980s. Nelson pays tribute to his favorite singer on My Way, out this Friday, andjust released a video for “One for My Baby (And …
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Anyone with a social media account saw the backlash this week against Nike‘s decision to name Colin Kaepernick as the face of its new #JustDoIt campaign, but for one young black man working at a Nike call center, this week has been a much more frustrating experience. As a pair …
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Amber Mark released “a subtle New York anthem” titled “Put You On” on Friday. The track features a guest verse from the rapper DRAM. “Put You On” drips with references to R&B and hip-hop from the first half of the Nineties — the fat synthesizers and big bassline point to …
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In the video for Dilly Dally‘s “I Feel Free,” singer-guitarist Katie Monks prowls around a gothic cemetery before digging up four graves. Three of them contain her bandmates – guitarist Liz Ball, bassist Jimmy Tony and drummer Benjamin Reinhartz. Inside the fourth, she finds the white Flying V guitar she …
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UPDATE: The Oathpreviewed more of the film’s holiday insanity in an explicit “Red Band” trailer. In the clip, Ike Barinholtz argues wildly with his conservative family members over politics and the validity of Twitter news sources. Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish navigate familial and societal lunacy in the latest teaser-trailer …
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Last week, Louis C.K. caused an uproar when he showed up for a surprise set at the Comedy Cellar, sliding back into the spotlight, making jokes about such mundane topics as tipping culture. It was as if the allegations from late last year — that he’d forced female colleagues to …
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UPDATE: Bono issued a statement following Saturday night’s cancelation where he assured fans the European leg will continue as planned. “I’ve seen a great doctor and with his care I’ll be back to full voice for the rest of the tour,” Bono wrote. “So happy and relieved that anything serious …
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